Nick’s double delight with an ace at Woodenbridge

WATERFORD captain Nick Donnelly was celebrating on the double after he aced the eighth to help his club claim victory in the Captains and Club Officials event at Woodenbridge

Waterford edged out New Ross and Castlecomer in the third of four Captains and Club Officials events hosted by Leinster golf this week which also saw wins for Skerries and Castle Barna.

The Skerries team of Peter Counihan, Tom Phelan, Brian Sherwin and Damien Henry had 87 points to edge out hosts Laytown and Bettystown by virtue of their better back nine with Dundalk third, Ardee fourth and Malahide fifth at the Co Meath links.

At Palmerstown Stud, Castle Barna’s Andrew O’Neill (Competitions Sec.), Ollie Scally (Handicaps Sec.), Dan Cunningham (Captain) and Ian Kavanagh (Hon. Sec.) had 95 points to beat Portlaoise (92) and Dunmurry Springs (91) for the top prize.

L-R: Paul Phelan, Captain of Woodenbridge, Nick Donnelly, Captain of Waterford and John Finnegan, Committee member. Missing from the photo are team members Eamon Cleary and Paul Long